Kim Noriega

Kim Noriega is the author of Naming the Roses (Aim Higher, Inc., 2024) and the chapbook Name Me (Fortunate Daughter Press, 2010). She is an award-winning poet, creative nonfiction writer, and teacher. Kim won the San Miguel de Allende Literary Sala Flash Nonfiction Prize, was first runner up for the Steve Kowit Poetry Prize, and was a finalist for the Edna St. Vincent Millay and Joy Harjo Poetry Prizes. She is the poetry editor of The Poetry Distillery and a teaching artist with The Poetry Barn. She currently serves as a consultant in adult and family literacy through the Pacific Library Partnership. She lives in San Diego with her husband, Ernie, and six cats, five of whom were once feral. More at kimnoriega.com